Utility of divided omentum for preventing complications associated with laparoscopic gastric bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1567-1570

  Tagaya, Nobumi ^a   Kasama, Kazunori ^b   Kanahira, Eiji ^b   Kubota, Keiichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Minimally Invasive Surgery Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Laparoscopic treatment; Morbid obesity; Omentum gastrogastric fustula; Roux en Y gastric bypass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH POUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; OMENTUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 37549065958     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9304-y     Document Type: Article

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